John Dewey and the Ideal of Democracy
October 20, 2024
John Dewey is regarded by some as the American philosopher. In the first half of…
Mary Wollstonecraft
May 12, 2024
Mary Wollstonecraft is often labeled as a “liberal feminist” because of her concern for women’s…
Mary Astell
November 19, 2023
Mary Astell (1666–1731) was an English philosopher and writer who advocated for equal rights for…
Is Philanthropy Bad for Democracy?
November 21, 2021
In a liberal democracy, individuals should have the freedom to give money to charities of…
The Creative Life
August 8, 2021
Parents and students alike often think that a college major defines possible career options. Yet…
The Examined Year: 2020
December 27, 2020
The Year in Pandemic Ethics with Karen Stohr from Georgetown University, Senior Research Scholar at the…
Philosophy Behind Bars
August 18, 2019
In 1994, Congress eliminated federal funding for college education in prisons. It was, they argued,…
The Value of a College Education
June 16, 2019
With 43.3 million Americans burdened with a total of $1.3 trillion in student loan debt,…
Education and the Culture Wars
September 6, 2015
In contemporary democracies, the state is responsible for providing children with an education. But parents…
Deconstructing the College Admissions Rat Race
November 10, 2013
America’s elite colleges and universities spend millions of dollars to generate thousands of applicants, the…
Philosophy for Children
December 23, 2012
Because of their innocent approach to things, do children make good philosophers? Or do they…
Philosophy for the Young – Corrupting or Empowering?
September 2, 2012
Socrates was executed for corrupting the youth. In America, youth below college age are usually…
The Idea of the University
November 7, 2010
Is a university a research institute with students, or and educational institution with research around…
Philosophy and the Alma Mater
September 19, 2010
Scholars from Berkeley and from Stanford have played a big role on Philosophy Talk. Sure,…
Giving and Keeping
October 26, 2008
How should people allocate their assets – however modest or grand – ethically and effectively? …
The Philosophy of Hoops
November 4, 2007
Basketball, an American invention but a world-wide phenomenon, is sometimes characterized as the most athletic…
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